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15th October |
Workshop, at the Maison Française, Oxford |
2 p.m. |
Led by M. Dominique Pestre (Paris) |
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"Physical science and the military in Britain, France, and Italy since the Second World War" |
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17th October |
Seminar, in the Faculty of Modern History |
5 p.m. |
Dr Katherine D. Watson (Wellcome Institute) |
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"Proof of poisoning: developments in forensic toxicology in nineteenth-century Britain." |
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24th October |
Seminar, in the Faculty of Modern History |
5 p.m. |
M. Benoit Lelong (Université de Paris VII) |
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"The translation of ion physics from Cambridge to Oxford: John Townsend and the Drapers' Company Electrical Laboratory, 1900-1914." |
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29th October |
Seminar, at the Maison Française, Oxford |
2 p.m. |
Led by M. Dominique Pestre |
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"The physical and biomedical sciences and industry since the Second World War: the cases of France and Britain." |
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31st October |
Seminar, in the Faculty of Modern History |
5 p.m. |
Dr Arnold Pacey (Open University) |
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"China and India in the history of technology." |
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2nd November |
One-day meeting in the Museum |
10.30 a.m. |
'The Geometry of War' |
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Dr David Bryden, Dr Stephen Johnston,
Dr Alex Keller, Professor Simon Pepper and Mr Andrew Saunders |
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7th November |
Seminar, in the Faculty of Modern History |
5 p.m. |
Dr Beryl Hartley (University of Oxford) |
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"The living academies of Nature: scientific experiment in learning and communicating the new skills of early nineteenth-century landscape." |
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12th November |
Seminar, at the Maison Française, Oxford |
2 p.m. |
Led by M. Dominique Pestre |
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"Civility in physical science, 1918-39: Oxford, Paris, California." |
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14th November |
Seminar, in the Faculty of Modern History |
5 p.m. |
Dr Crosbie Smith (University of Kent) |
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"Re-inventing origins: Lord Kelvin and the age of the Earth." |
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16th November |
One-day workshop in the Museum |
10.30 a.m. |
'The Art of Engraving' Mr Christopher Elton, Professor Gerard Turner, Ms Paula Dryburgh et al. |
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21st November |
Seminar, in the Faculty of Modern History |
5 p.m. |
Professor Joy Parr (All Souls College) |
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"Resisting the depoliticization of technological choice." |
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26th November |
Seminar, at the Maison Française, Oxford |
2 p.m. |
Led by M. Dominique Pestre |
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"Policies and practices in public health in post-war Britain and France." |
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28th November |
Seminar, in the Faculty of Modern History |
5 p.m. |
Ms Anne Secord (Wellcome Unit, Cambridge) |
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"Observing differences: artisans, gentlemen, and the work of nineteenth-century botany." |
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30th November |
'The Geometry of War': exhibition closes |
5th December |
Seminar, in the Faculty of Modern History |
5 p.m. |
Dr Allan Chapman (Wadham College) |
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"'Lacking an independent fortune
': G. B. Airy and the beginning of professionalization in British astronomy, 1828-81." |
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6th December |
Seminar, in the Faculty of Modern History |
5 p.m. |
Dr Jim Bennett |
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"Brass and Glass: Tools of Empire from British instrument workshops of the nineteenth century." |
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21st December |
Museum closes for Christmas |
2nd January |
Museum reopens after the Christmas closure |
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21st January |
Exhibition opens in the Museum |
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'The Noble Dane: Images of Tycho Brahe.' |
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22nd January |
Seminar series begins, |
5 p.m. |
in the Hovenden Room, All Souls College |
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"Magic, Religion and Science in Early Modern Europe." |